[Elecraft] K2 Power tweaks for the upper bands

[Kevin Cozens]

At 11:38 AM 05/26/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>1) Expand and/or compress the toroid windings in the PA LPF for
>10&12m, L21 & L22. The effect is small usually less than 1 watt.
>But, it does get the LPF optimized.
>
>2) Interleave the windings of T4. This can be a "biggie". I raised
>Pout of my K2 by almost 2W just by doing this.
>
>3) As others have noted, raise T2 about 1/8 inch above the board.

Thanks, Rod. These sound promising. I already have my T2 1/8 inch above the 
board. Adjusting the windings of L21 and L22 will be easy enough. I have 
been thinking of altering T4 as I want to optimize it for the 5W level 
although removing it from the board may be a little tricky.


Cheers!

Kevin.  (http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/)

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